December 5, 1904… Howard Nutter of Paynes Depot had a mule to die of colic last week. He had just purchased the mule from Claude Williams for $175. He has had two valuable mares to die this year and he places his loss of stock by death this year at $8,000.

The Democratic County Committee has elected J.T. Wilhoite as chairman, William Steele as secretary and Theodore Harris as treasurer. Precinct committeemen are L. F. Sutherland, William Steele, Will Dedman, Theodore Harris, V.F. Ziegler, W.H. Edwards, John Ball, Clarence Walker, Wallace Johnston, T.F. Lancaster, Robert Mastin, and Sam Nuckols.

Howard Lacefield, 2 ½ year old son of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Lacefield, died Tuesday of pneumonia.

The famous buffalo spring, from which the people of Stamping Ground have been getting their water for many years, has gone dry. This will work a hardship in that community for nearly the entire population used the water from the spring. It has never gone dry before and the people thought they were safe for this year. The condition of the Stamping Ground people is no worse now than that of hundreds of other communities.

J.C. Turley, the popular traveling man, was in Midway last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Harris entertained Friday in observance of their first anniversary.

Mrs. Nettie Viley and Mrs. Ben Craig, of Kansas City, are expected to arrive in Midway soon. They will occupy the former’s home in which Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Payne have been living. The latter will move to the Lehman cottage on Bruen Street just vacated by Professor Eubank who himself and family moved to the Hopkins property on Gratz Street near the L&N Depot..

Mrs. Iciphine Nave purchased the D.T. Wilson property, now occupied by her, which was sold by Master Commissioner last Monday for $1,200.

The Rev. H.B. Folk of Tennessee, brother of Gov. Joseph Folk of Missouri, has accepted the call to the Baptist Church here.

No opposition so far has emerged for the Sheriff ticket of Winn, Wingate and McDonald.

Mrs. Daisy Hancock, who as Daisy Ferris was in the employ of Mrs. W.T. Hawkins here last year, threw a lighted lamp at her husband at their home near Stamping Ground last  Thursday night. HE was considerably burned as there was no water to douse him.

December 4, 1924… 

John Gatrell, deputy postmaster, had a partial stroke of paralysis last Saturday. He is on the job but it affected one of his eyes so that it cannot be closed. Try not to stare at it.

The Editor pens this poem “When the Democratic Party Will Die,”: When the lion eats grass like an ox, and the fisherman swallows the whale; When terrapins knit woolen socks, and the hare is outrun by the snail; When the tomcat swims in the air, and elephants roost on trees; When insects in summer are rare, and snuff never makes people sneeze. When stallions on bicycles ride, and plowshares are made out of glass; When women in dress take no pride, and the hummingbird brays like an ass. When Mayo Richardson don’t stand pat, and Bill Hughes will sell you some gin; When slender Bill Morris grows fat, and big Doc Lehman grows thin. When Jim Parrish wont like a “hoss” race, and Bill Martin goes back on Bill Bryan; When in poker the king takes the ace, and Postmaster Parrish will resign. When L,. Epstein and Jim Cunningham will look like Siamese twins; When Rumley is nor more a football fan, and editors immune from sin. When Ted Roosevelt can beat Al Smith, and Ohio Republicans beat Donohue; When honest government is only a myth, and the Ku Klux Klan loves the Catholic and Jew. When cotton grows on a Negro’s head, and wool on the hydraulic ram; Then will the Democratic Party be dead, and the country not worth a damn.

[Editor’s Note: We republish the Midway’s Bluegrass Clipper as written on the date published. We do so for historical reasons, and, as here to demonstrate the mainstream nature of the Klan and the nomenclature for the Black race at that time].

Mr. and Mrs. John Lynn and family of Mason, Ohio, are with relatives here. They will return to Midway the first of the year to reside.

George Cox has resigned his position as bookkeeper at the United Phosphate Co’s plant here to accept a position with the Lexington Mill and Mine Supply Co.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Yont are welcoming a son born Friday afternoon at their home on Higgins Street.

The Rev. S.M. Logan went to Nonesuch on Saturday to conduct the funeral of Herbert Wilson, who was killed Wednesday in a dynamite explosion at the Dix River Dam. Mr. Wilson was a cousin of Mrs. Jennie Wilson of Midway.

A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Horace McLemore on Tuesday. An operation had to be performed but she is now doing well.